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Details of Progress Rail Services' entry into the genset market are sketchy at this time, as the Caterpillar-owned company only recently made a formal announcement with a display at the RSI Rail Technology Exhibition in Chicago on Sept. 21-24, 2008. So most of the details that we are able to present at least initially should be considered preliminary and subject to change. Not surprisingly, the locomotives will use Caterpillar C18 engines for power. They will also be fitted with Cat's ACERT emissions reduction technology. Each genset is rated at 745 horsepower. Progress' three engine genset, model PR22B, will have a total rating of 2,235 hp, while their twin engine model (PR15B?) will be rated at 1,490 hp. Those are the highest horsepower ratings in the industry thus far. The locomotives will be built on refurbished frames, with all new cabs and appliances. Extended range dynamic braking is an available option as well. The first of Progress' gensets showed up briefly in Georgia in late August and early Sept. 2007. That unit, PRSX 3802, was apparently a test bed of some sort, as the gensets sat very high on the frame, and the unit had a conventional cab. Future arrivals were spotted in March and April 2008 with higher visibility cabs and much lower hoods. Initial information is that Progress will be centering most of its genset production around a new facility in Mayfield, KY. To that end, the 3802 and 2003 both moved to the facility in mid-March 2008. The 2005 moved there in mid-April as well. Expected genset donors PRSX 2004, 2005 and 2006 (EMD GP40, GP38 and GP38AC respectively) were moved there in April and May 2008, and stripping was commenced on those units to get them ready for conversion. Additional donors PRLX 2011-201 |
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Yr. Built |
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Progress Rail Services |
2008? |
This appears to be the first completed production genset from Progress Rail. It has significantly lower hoods than any of the other gensets on the market. When photographed at Patterson, GA in early March, the unit was painted in a CP-like red, but was mostly obscured behind another unit. The unit is listed in UMLER as ex-ACWR 3669. It is reported that the unit is actually ex-HLCX 3669, as ACWR never had a unit of that number. | |
Progress Rail Services |
2008? |
Spotted incomplete in the CSX yard in Waycross, GA in March 2008. The unit has been stripped and primed, and has the new cab and short hood installed. It also appeared to have a dynamic brake enclosure in place, but no gensets when photographed. Photographed again in western Kentucky the following week wearing the number 2003. UMLER shows unit as ex-HLCX 3630 (EMD GP38). | |
Progress Rail Services |
2008? |
Not confirmed as genset conversion as of yet. Derelect unit missing parts moved toward Mayfield, KY, arriving in early May. UMLER says unit is ex-HATX 401 (EMD GP40). Sighted in Sept. 2008 in Mayfield stripped down to frame and trucks. | |
Progress Rail Services |
2008? |
Spotted incomplete on CSX out of Waycross, GA in mid-April 2008. Arrived in Mayfield in early May. The unit has been stripped and primed, and has the new cab and short hood installed. It also appeared to have a dynamic brake enclosure in place, but no gensets when photographed. Actual core unit is HLCX 3629 (EMD GP38). Listed in UMLER as ex-UP 1991, which isn't correct. That unit is PRSX 2007 below, and was already in Mayfield a few weeks before the 2005 moved. | |
Progress Rail Services |
2008? |
Not confirmed to be a genset conversion yet, but believed to be genset fodder. Derelect geep, ex-CSXT 2015 (EMD GP38), moved to Mayfield, KY in April 2008 with PRSX spray painted on body. Frame and fuel tank primered. Sighted in Sept. 2008 in Mayfield stripped down to frame and trucks, with new PRLX reporting marks. | |
Progress Rail Services |
2008? |
Not confirmed to be a genset conversion yet, but believed to be genset fodder. Derelect geep, ex-UP 1991 (EMD GP38AC), moved to Mayfield, KY in April 2008 with PRSX spray painted on body. Frame and fuel tank primered. | |
Progress Rail Services |
Summer 2008? |
Progress displayed PRLX 2008 at the RSI Railway Technology Exhibit in Chicago, IL in Sept. 2008. It was the first formal appearance by a Progress genset to date, and also gave the unit a formal designation - PR22B. So far, there is no previous unit information for this locomotive. | |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX 2009 |
2008? |
PRLX 2009 was sighted as a completely stripped and preped frame at Mayfield in Sept. 2008. Frame number of 7305-3 would make this unit originally L&N GP38AC 4035, built c. May 1971, b/n 37273. Later Seaboard 6256, then CSXT 2165. Rebuilt as road slug CSXT 2340. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage and RRPictureArchives.net. |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX ???? |
2008? |
Number unknown. Sighted as stripped and prepared frame at Mayfield, KY in Sept. 2008 by Joe Ferguson. Frame number checked, 7275-12. That would be B&O GP40 3751, b/n 36732, built Jan. 1971. Later CSXT 6527, then HATX 416. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage. |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX ???? |
2008? |
Number unknown. Sighted as stripped and prepared frame at Mayfield, KY in Sept. 2008 by Joe Ferguson. Frame number checked, 7305-9. That would be L&N GP38AC 4038, b/n 37276, built c. May 1971. Later CSXT 2168, then HATX 176. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage. |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX 2011 |
2008? |
Sighted as partially prepared genset fodder at Mayfield, KY in Sept. 2008 by Joe Ferguson. Frame number checked, 7234-7. Orig. L&N 4026, EMD GP38AC, b/n 35980, built May 1971. Later SBD 6247, CSXT 2156 and HATX 178. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage. |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX 2012 |
2008? |
Sighted as partially prepared genset fodder at Mayfield, KY in Sept. 2008 by Joe Ferguson. Frame number checked, 5747-19. Built as IC 9518, ICG 9518, MKT 342 then UP 1998. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage and Don Strack's UP Modern Era Roster. |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX 2013 |
2008? |
Sighted as partially prepared genset fodder at Mayfield, KY in Sept. 2008 by Joe Ferguson. Frame number checked, 5811-19. Originally C&O 3789, EMD GP40, built Dec. 1971, b/n 39255. Later CSXT 6564, and finally HATX 402 before rebuild. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage. |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX 2014 |
2008? |
Sighted as partially prepared genset fodder at Mayfield, KY in Sept. 2008 by Joe Ferguson. Frame number checked, 7929-8. That makes it ACL 922, then SCL 1504. Merger to SBD 6664, then CSXT 6664. Finally HATX 406. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage. |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX 2015 |
2008? |
Sighted as partially prepared genset fodder at Mayfield, KY in Sept. 2008 by Joe Ferguson. Frame number checked, 7943-2. Originally B&O GP40 3685, b/n 32645, built Nov. 1966. Later CSXT 6501, thenHATX 409. Rebuilt as GP40M-3 TFM 1157. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage. |
Progress Rail Services |
PRLX 2016 |
2008? |
Sighted as partially prepared genset fodder at Mayfield, KY in Sept. 2008 by Joe Ferguson. Frame number checked, 5718-4. That's L&N GP40 3003, b/n 32446, built Oct. 1966. Later SBD 6800, CSXT 6800, then HATX 411. Info from Unofficial EMD Homepage. |
Progress Rail Services |
Summer 2007 |
Apparently a test bed, PRSX 3802 is former Aberdeen, Carolina & Western ACWR 3802, a GP38. It was photographed in Waycross and Patterson in late summer of 2007. Unlike the production models, the 3802 has a conventional cab (albeit apparently moved forward slightly) and taller genset units. It also had no long hood. Moved to Mayfield, Kentucky in March 2008. |
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